The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety\nInstitute (ASI) has released the 29th and 30th editions of the Joseph T. Nall\nReport along with a new platform that provides access to more current accident\ndata in near real-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The findings from the Reports note a continued decrease in\noverall accident rates. The year 2017 saw a decrease in total accidents from\n2016. The overall total and fatal accident rates for 2017 continued its\ndownward trend finishing with a total accident rate of 4.81 per 100,000 hours,\nand a fatal accident rate of 0.76 per 100,000 hours. Although 2018 saw an\nincrease in total accidents, the good news is that the overall total and fatal\naccident rates continued its downward trend, finishing with a total accident\nrate of 4.56 per 100,000 hours and a fatal accident rate of 0.74 per 100,000\nhours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This highly anticipated report comes with several unique\nenhancements. First, ASI has completed a major overhaul of the report to\nprovide near real-time accident data analysis as the data are updated on a\nrolling 30-day cycle. \u201cI am excited that this major effort has significantly\naccelerated the accident analysis process. This allows us to release the 29th\nand 30th Joseph T. Nall Reports, which provide a snapshot in time for 2017 and\n2018 data, respectively,\u201d said ASI Senior Vice President Richard McSpadden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn addition, the new interface allows anyone to select\naccident analysis graphs for multiple years, from as far back as 2008 to\npreliminary data trends for 2020. The NTSB takes approximately two years to\nissue its final findings for accidents, so as we move into 2021, initial\naccident data rates will also begin populating for the year 2019,\u201d McSpadden\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ASI\u2019s summaries for a given period provide insight and\ncomparisons of selected dates versus previous years. Please review the\nsummaries for a detailed analysis of trends and rates for non-commercial and\ncommercial fixed-wing operations, non-commercial and commercial helicopter\noperations, and sport\/experimental operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n